I travel out there about 4 times a year, but never seem to have time to see anything cool. I will have to see the carrier though.

Thanks, DAG

It'll be worth it, even if just for this project. There are barriers around a few things for some reason, but for the most part, it seems that you can get really up close and personal with the planes. I don't think they have problems with you touching them, poking your head in the intakes, etc. At least, nobody came up to me when I was doing it to shoo me away!

Even a brick will fly given enough power. Anything will get off the ground with thrust-to-weight ratios greater than 1:1, which are not uncommon at all in contemporary model aircraft. Many fly models by relying on brute power which is not satisfying to those seeking scale-like flight performance.

I think the expression "on the wing" is saying that the plane relies on having enough thrust to drive the wing well enough to generate adequate lift and fly with scale-like performance and maneuvering. If I understand Dag's comments, "enough" is somewhere in the 0.25:1 to 0.5:1 range.

Even a brick will fly given enough power. Anything will get off the ground with thrust-to-weight ratios greater than 1:1, which are not uncommon at all in contemporary model aircraft. Many fly models by relying on brute power which is not satisfying to those seeking scale-like flight performance.

I think the expression "on the wing" is saying that the plane relies on having enough thrust to drive the wing well enough to generate adequate lift and fly with scale-like performance and maneuvering. If I understand Dag's comments, "enough" is somewhere in the 0.25:1 to 0.5:1 range.

I am slowly getting all the data I need to design the beast to as close as 100% scale as I can. On the C-130 design I found that by designing a full scale model of the airframe and then scaling to what I would build is the best way for scale. I was lucky enough to get TO on the C-130, so drawing that 100% to scale using the Station Lines, Water Lines, and Bilge Lines I can get a airframe very close. But this takes a TON of time. My B-36 was a huge learning curve, as was my B-29. But now with the A-7 I am going to do this as close to scale as possible regardless the time invested. The B-36 is my biggest priority period!, but this design will get ramped up when I can't spend my free time on the 36.

Attached is a wing panel with SL/WL. I will pull all of this into CAD, then design the wing from this.